Louise Story

Louise Story is a prize-winning investigative journalist who has spent more than 15 years as a reporter

and editor for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, where she was the top masthead editor

running coverage strategy. Her work investigating international corruption led to the largest kleptocracy

case in U.S. history, a case she uncovered, known as the 1MDB case. Her work investigating Wall Street

and the derivatives market led to a multi-billion dollar settlement. And her work investigating Goldman

Sachs during the 2008 financial crisis led to that bank’s S.E.C. settlement. Numerous projects she has

carried out or edited have received industry honors including Emmy Awards, and Pulitzer Prize finalist

citations, and Online News Association awards. Louise is also a filmmaker, and her film The

Kleptocrats aired on the BBC and is available on Apple and Amazon. She earned a master’s degree in

journalism at Columbia University and an M.B.A. as well as a B.A. in American Studies at Yale

University. She teaches M.B.A. students at The Yale School of Management.